4.20.2004
[[[murmur]]]: more in the street art/music department
telestreets, a short visit to the world of..
interesting ideas here on micro-media as well as, farther down, community spaces for art/innovation
interesting ideas here on micro-media as well as, farther down, community spaces for art/innovation
4.07.2004
tomdispatch re darpa from february.. notable excerpts:
As former DARPA Director Charles Herzfeld noted in 1975, "When we fail, we fail big."
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A question seldom asked is why pie-in-the-sky creativity exists unfettered and fostered only in the context of lethal technologies?
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Today, DARPA's Continuous Assisted Performance (CAP) program is aimed at creating a 24-7 trooper by "investigating ways to prevent fatigue and enable soldiers to stay awake, alert, and effective for up to seven days straight without suffering any deleterious mental or physical effects and without using any of the current generation of stimulants."
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[action-at-a-distance, baby] Says DARPA, "The long-term Defense implications of finding ways to turn thoughts into acts, if it can be developed, are enormous: imagine U.S. warfighters that only need use the power of their thoughts to do things at great distances."
As former DARPA Director Charles Herzfeld noted in 1975, "When we fail, we fail big."
..
A question seldom asked is why pie-in-the-sky creativity exists unfettered and fostered only in the context of lethal technologies?
..
Today, DARPA's Continuous Assisted Performance (CAP) program is aimed at creating a 24-7 trooper by "investigating ways to prevent fatigue and enable soldiers to stay awake, alert, and effective for up to seven days straight without suffering any deleterious mental or physical effects and without using any of the current generation of stimulants."
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[action-at-a-distance, baby] Says DARPA, "The long-term Defense implications of finding ways to turn thoughts into acts, if it can be developed, are enormous: imagine U.S. warfighters that only need use the power of their thoughts to do things at great distances."
4.06.2004
"life on market street" audio performance and archive
"at the end of the day" voted as the most irritating phrase in the language
with all due respect, we absolutely must address the issue. the fact of the matter is, to be perfectly honest with you, we've got to prioritise the bottom line in terms of going forward, pushing the envelope, moving the goal-posts. we're literally singing from the same hymn sheet here. it's not rocket science, we just, like, need to, like, start thinking outside of the, like, box. 24/7, on an ongoing basis.
i hear what you're saying, but, now bear with me, at this moment in time the ballpark figures around our value-added results basically suggest maybe we ought to look at the glass as half full. are we really between a rock and a hard place? we've got to touch base with our crack troops. what are they up to? maybe it's just awesome.
your blue sky thinking boggles the mind. you're a diamond geezer, true, but at the end of the day, do you ever stop to think about the epicentre of all of this?
with all due respect, we absolutely must address the issue. the fact of the matter is, to be perfectly honest with you, we've got to prioritise the bottom line in terms of going forward, pushing the envelope, moving the goal-posts. we're literally singing from the same hymn sheet here. it's not rocket science, we just, like, need to, like, start thinking outside of the, like, box. 24/7, on an ongoing basis.
i hear what you're saying, but, now bear with me, at this moment in time the ballpark figures around our value-added results basically suggest maybe we ought to look at the glass as half full. are we really between a rock and a hard place? we've got to touch base with our crack troops. what are they up to? maybe it's just awesome.
your blue sky thinking boggles the mind. you're a diamond geezer, true, but at the end of the day, do you ever stop to think about the epicentre of all of this?
4.05.2004
Referring to Sadr, Bush said, "This is one person that is deciding that rather than allowing democracy to flourish, he's going to exercise force," Bush said. "We just can't let it stand."
He said Sadr and his followers "are trying to say, we don't want democracy; as a matter of fact we'll decide the course of democracy by the use of force. That is the opposite of democracy."
He said Sadr and his followers "are trying to say, we don't want democracy; as a matter of fact we'll decide the course of democracy by the use of force. That is the opposite of democracy."
Lt. James Vanzant, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force: "The city is surrounded. It's an extended operation. We want to make a very precise approach to this. . . . We are looking for the bad guys in town."
4.01.2004
Google's new e-mail service will have ads based on text of message, mmm, no fooling
U.S. Forces Attacked Again
Insurgents burn a Humvee near Fallujah, just one day after the killing of four American civilians. – AP
• U.S. Civilians Mutilated in Iraq Attack
• In Fallujah, Mob Unleashes Its Rage
• White House: Iraq Showing Progress
Insurgents burn a Humvee near Fallujah, just one day after the killing of four American civilians. – AP
• U.S. Civilians Mutilated in Iraq Attack
• In Fallujah, Mob Unleashes Its Rage
• White House: Iraq Showing Progress
